Most cases ofMultiple Sclerosisstart out very mild with symptoms that
tend to come and go for over a period of 2 to 5 years before theMS symptomsbecome severe enough or consistent
enough that the person whose body is under attack byMultiple Sclerosisrealizes that something more drastic
or more serious than a mild cold or a short-lived flu virus is going on that is
tearing down their health and making them sicker, more often than other people
that are around them.

Part of the reason that this tends to happen this way is that until thesymptoms of Multiple Sclerosisbecome severe enough -- such as the
symptoms ofms insomnia,ms heatsensitivity,ms incontinence,ms vision problems, and
several other of the long list of possible early symptoms that can be
associated with many of the cases ofMultiple Sclerosis these
symptoms are not so easy to recognize that they are associated together and
caused by the autoimmune disorder calledMultiple Sclerosis. It
isn't until enough of the broad range symptoms of Multiple Sclerosisappear more often on a more consistent
basis that a pattern emerges that makes it easier to see that these are not
just unassociated health problems that are occurring.

This is all so puzzling to doctors and patients alike because it
is all too easy to mistake the mildMS symptoms initially for
other conditions that are not considered chronic or as severe as the majority
ofMultiple Sclerosis cases
can become. Once the mildMultiple Sclerosis symptomsbecome more noticeable and more
regular in their appearance, this is often when the person battling with the
mildsymptoms of MSactually decides that they had better
go to a doctor to help them figure out why they are feeling so exhausted, or
just plain sick so much of the time.

Doctors typically runms MRI testswhen they arediagnosing Multiple Sclerosisto determine if the patient’s symptoms
are actually being caused byMS demyelinatingthe spinal cord or the brain. The term
sclerosis, that is part of the name forMSmeans scarring. The reason this term
is used for part of the name for is because on the MRI test results more often
than not, scarring can be seen as plaques or lesions on the spinal cord or
throughout different locations in the brain.

Multiple
Sclerosistargets and
attacks nerve tissue through out the body, resulting in scarring or damage to
whatever the nerves are attacked. Since our brains are 80% nerve tissue and
throughout the rest of our bodies are 60% nerves, this means that there is a
large percentage of nerves throughout our bodies that can be attacked and
damaged byMultiple Sclerosis.

BecauseMultiple Sclerosis is
becoming more widely seen in more countries around the world, the medical
communities in many different countries are joining forces to work towards
finding acure for Multiple Sclerosis.

In the meantime, until acure for MSis found, the doctors in many
countries around the world are using more different methods in an effort to
bring relief to the symptoms of MS that many of theirpatients are battling with on an
on-going basis.

Because thesymptoms of MStend not to stay constant, but change
periodically as the MS appears to attack different parts of the body over time,
this makes it even more of a challenge for doctors to determine what course of
action to take for each separate case of MS that each of theirMultiple Sclerosis patientsare experiencing.

Thems relapsesare often followed by periods of
remission, where the nervous system sends its maintenance or repair cells to
start to repair the damage the myelin sheath along the spinal cord.
During the relapses, Multiple Sclerosis also is known for attacking and
damaging the Blood Brain Barrier that surrounds and protects the brain from
toxins entering the brain and cause damage to the brain nerve cells.
After each of thems exacerbationsorms relapsessubside, the body also sends the
special nerve maintenance cells or glial cells, to work on repairing the Blood
Brain Barrier too.

Unless something can be found to curb theprogression of Multiple Sclerosisin our bodies, the more extreme theMS symptomsbecome and the more frequent or severe
the results of eachMS attackbecome, the more likely we will at
some point end up with ms disability that takes away the ability to walk and
with needing to use a wheelchair on a daily basis.

Although this can sound somewhat discouraging at first glance, there is more
and more information becoming available about the Multiple Sclerosis disease
process and about alternative and natural ways that can help to reduce many of
thesymptoms of MS.